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Attenuated variants of Lesch-Nyhan disease.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2010
Jinnah H A, Ceballos-Picot Irene, Torres Rosa J, Visser Jasper E, Schretlen David J, Verdu Alfonso, Laróvere Laura E, Chen Chung-Jen, Cossu Antonello, Wu Chien-Hui, Sampat Radhika, Chang Shun-Jen, de Kremer Raquel Dodelson, Nyhan William, Harris James C, Reich Stephen G, Puig Juan G
Abstract excerpt
Lesch-Nyhan disease is a neurogenetic disorder caused by deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase. The classic form of the disease is described by a characteristic syndrome that includes overproduction of uric acid, severe generalized dystonia, cognitive disability...
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